Crews still cleaning up after homeless camps nearly two weeks after Springwater sweep

City work crews continued to clean up the area around the Springwater Trail Monday, saying they have filled more than 20 dump trucks in the 12 days since they started. (KPTV)

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -

Crews were back out on the Springwater Trail Monday working to clean up the corridor after hundreds of homeless people were ordered to leave 12 days ago.

Crews have spent the last couple weeks picking up garbage and hazards in several acres of the trail area.

The cleanup efforts Monday started at Beggars Tick Park in southeast Portland.

It was estimated that up to 500 people lived along the corridor before the mayor's office announced the trails would be off-limits and cleaned up.

One of the biggest controversies in the cleanup are questions about where the homeless will go.

The city does not have enough shelter space to house them all, and southeast Portland resident Sean Lucas said Mayor Charlie Hales needs to do more about the homelessness issue.

"He lives up in the West Hills,” Lucas told FOX 12 Monday. “Does he have to worry about his grandchildren going to school, getting on the bus a half a block from drug users and criminals? Because that's all they are."

City leaders plan to open a shelter at Terminal One later this fall that is expected to house up to 400 people.

So far, crews working on the area around the Springwater corridor have cleaned up nearly 1,900 needles and filled more than 20 dump trucks with garbage from the trails.

Nearly two weeks after 16-year-old Amy Yu vanished with 45-year-old Kevin Esterly, the pair was found Saturday in Mexico and the man was arrested, authorities say. (Allentown Police Department)

Nearly two weeks after a 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl vanished with a 45-year-old man, the pair was found Saturday in Mexico and the man was arrested, authorities say. Amy Yu was "unharmed and in good health."

Nearly two weeks after a 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl vanished with a 45-year-old man, the pair was found Saturday in Mexico and the man was arrested, authorities say. Amy Yu was "unharmed and in good health."